Three chicks hatched now ❤️ Five to go!

#LoveOwland

We have our first owlet!!! ❤️🦉

#LoveOwland BirdWatch Ireland

Romance isn’t dead in #LoveOwland !! In amongst all the absolutely relentless riding, there are moments of affection, like this cute nuzzle and scratch at 5am to the sound of the dawn chorus ❤️

(Or maybe he’s just eating bugs off her face, who knows 🤷‍♀️)

But seriously , what has nature ever done for us ? You know , apart from the air we breathe , the food we eat , making us healthier . . .

Brilliant new ad from Zero Hour to promote their Climate & Nature Bill campaign , take action at zerohour.uk

#EarthDay

This may be one of the biggest papers I ever have the privilege to be part of.

Out now in Science Magazine, we ask: Are nature conservation interventions working?

The answer is YES. We now need to fund MORE to reverse global biodiversity declines.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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I'm so proud today to officially announce, with Minister Darragh O'Brien, Ireland's eighth and largest national park: Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí. With the Conor Pass as its gateway, our first marine national park will see this iconic place protected for future generations.

Eight!! Alice has laid *eight* eggs!!!

SIX EGGS!!! 😮

Four!!! Last year we had five eggs and four birds fledged, our most successful year to date. Here’s hoping for 2024 🤞

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Make that three!

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Two eggs now!! #LoveOwland

Exciting times in the River Field! What BirdWatch Ireland fails to mention however is that the male, George Clinton, has found himself a new lady. His third in this nest box. Not sure what happened to Jolene (last year’s lover 😬)

#LoveOwland

We can't retreat on the Nature Restoration Law. The natural systems we depend upon are in peril. To retreat now would be disastrous for nature and disastrous for public confidence in our European Institutions.

EU Environment #NatureRestoration

Paddy’s Day greetings from a very river-y field 💚 Celandine and blackthorn starting to bud, willow won’t be far behind… c’mon spring! You can do it!!

Anyone have experience of treating well water with high grade carbon filters vs reverse osmosis? Hearing differing views on filtration grades. Key contaminants round here are nitrate/nitrite but also suspicious of mystery chemicals... Coliforms an issue but have UV for that.

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